Detachable panel mount



Dec. 9, 1958 H. R. FLOREA ET AL 2,863,624

DETACHABLE PANEL MOUNT I Filed May 4, 1954 s \\1|I/ RA -III\\ ,J MOW-N L w mm O N .AR IRBB wDR ,2 WWW ADR 7 9 v HEA 1 2 r w u l I r I ATTORNEYS United States Patent DETACHABLE PANEL MOUNT Harold R. Florea, Wantagh, Edward Baklini, New York, and Arthur Braun, Queens Village, N. Y., assignors to the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy Application May 4, 1954, Serial No. 427,682

7 Claims. (Cl. 248-34) (Granted under Title 35, U. S. Code (1952), sec. 266) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.

The present invention relates to a detachable panel mount, and is designed particularly for use in removably mounting panel members on an upright support or stand in a substantially vertical position.

It is well known in the art to arrange several panel members in juxtaposed relation for ready removability and interchangeability in order to bring various panels in adjacent relation to display or teach the operation of various types of mechanical parts. The use of a multiplicity of panels to form a large single display surface provides the advantages of a large panel surface for display purposes or classroom instruction while enabling the device to be knocked down or disassembled and formed into a small package for ease in carrying or shipping. Such a relationship of panels is shown in Fig. 8 of Patent No. 2,490,690 granted to I. H. Koch on December 6, 1949.

One of the disadvantages of the panel mounts previously used is that ordinary pins or hooks require accurate alinement of parts and often prevent the edge of adjacent panels from lying close to each other in flush relation.

The present invention overcomes many of the difficulties present in the previously known mounting means, and insures easy handling and proper alinement vof the panels.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a detachable panel mount which may be used by any instructor or student without requiring skill or experience in their use. l i

Another object is to provide a mounting means which will insure the alinement of at least four panels in closely abutting relationship.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a mounting device which is simple and cheap t-dmanufacture and will not become readily damaged or unserviceable through frequent use.

.Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a panel supporting stand showing three display panels in place,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the device shown in Fig. 1 with the panel members removed,

Fig. 3 is at detailed elevation of the mounting mechanism as it would be seen from the rear looking toward the panel, the associated cross bar and recessed portion being indicated in dotted lines, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 44 of Fig. 3, but including a panel and a cross member.

2,863,624 Patented Dec. 9, 1958 ice A frame member or stand 1 consists generally of a number of vertical or upright supports or legs and a series of cross members 2 to which are secured in a removable manner several display panels designated A, B, C and D. The fourth panel D is omitted in Fig. 1 to show more clearly the structure of the panel mounting means. More panels could be retained in adjacent relationship simply by using a higher or a longer frame member. As seen in Fig. 1, these panels are normally held in close abutting relationship in order to be most efiective in displaying the parts appearing on the panels, such parts often containing lines, tubes or connections representing mechanical or electrical elements extending from one panel to another.

The two uppermost panels A and B may be removably retained on the uppermost cross bar 2 by any detachable securing means such as pegs or hooks, or by means of mounts such as shown in Fig. 3.

In the devices now in general use it is often necessary to adjust or remove the upper panels in order to remove or replace one of the lowermost panels. This is true especially where hooks are employed for retaining the panels. With the present invention any panel member may be placed upon or removed from the easel support without disturbing any other panel, and when all four panels are assembled they will lie in juxtaposed closely abutting relation.

The mounting means comprises two or more plate members 3 provided on cross member 2 for each panel. These plates are fixedly secured to the member 2 by any conventional means such as nails or screws. A bracket or plate 4 for cooperating with each plate 3 is secured to the rear surface of the panel such as D by any convenient means. This plate member 4 carries a rearwardly projecting head or stud 5 consisting of a neck portion and an enlarged head portion as shown in Fig. 4. This stud is'adapted to engage with and move along edge portion 6 of the plate 3, with the head portion overlapping the edge 6 to'guide the stud therealong. Cross member 2 is recessed or hollowed out as shown at 7 in Figs. 3 and 4 to provide clearance for the head portion of stud 5.

The depth of the cutout part of plate 3 forming the edge 6 is such that panel D can be placed on support 1 a by inserting stud 5 in the lower or enlarged portion of the cutout. The vertical edge 9 of this cutout and the upwardly extending abutment 8 on plate 3-form stops to limit movement of stud 5 along the edge 6.

When it is desired to place a panel on the support 1, the heads of the stud members 5 are inserted into recesses 7 through the enlarged or deepened cutout part of plate 3 and engaged behind the plate along edge 6. The panel is moved horizontally toward the adjacent panel, permitting stud 5 to ride up along the inclined portion of edge 6 and then along its upper horizontal portion. Movement continues in a horizontal direction until the stud 5 engages abutment 8 on the plate 3. At this time the inserted panel will be in abutting relation with both of its adjacent panels and all the outer panel edges will lie flush. Stop 8 may be arranged to act only as a safety stop and be placed so that the panel edges will abut each other slightly before stud 5 reaches the stop 8. The brackets or plates 3 behind the panel C are reversed from those shown in Fig. 1 so that adjacent panels are moved toward each other when inserted and away from each other when removed.

In normal use the panels are fairly heavy. This, plus the fact that studs 5 rest upon horizontal edges of plates 3 when in final position, will maintain the panels in prop or position on the support or framework without danger of the. panels slippingloose or movingout of juxtaposed position.

In cases of exceptionall heavy panels, the stud could be made rotatable to act as a roller,-ora collar or'bearing could be placed on the neck portion of the stud to make sliding movemeneofthe panel easier.

Obviously many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in the light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.

What is claimed is:

1. Mounting means for removably securing a display panel to a support comprising a substantially horizontal cross member, a plate member secured thereto, said plate member having an inclined cut-away portion along its upper edge to form a trackway and a stop member on its upper edge in spaced relation to the top of the incline, a panel having a headed stud extending outwardly therefrom, said stud head engaging behind said plate member with the neck of the stud movable from the lower portion of the incline to the upper edge of the plate member and into engagement with the stop member, said cross member being cut away behind a portion of said plate member to receive said stud.

2'. In a display panel stand having a cross member, a plate secured to said cross member, said plate having an upper edge portion cut away to form an inclined ramp surface and an abutment member affixed to the upper edge of said plate and spaced from said. ramp, a panel member, means for supporting said panel member from said cross member comprising a headed stud secured to the rear of said panel member, said stud detachably engaging said plate and being movable along said ramp surface into abutting relation with said abutment member.

3. Mounting means for removably securing, a panel to a support comprising a plate secured to said support having a top edge formed with an excised portion therein, one side of said excised portion sloping down from said top edge like a ramp, said plate having a stop mounted upon its top edge on the portion nearest the upper edge of said ramp but spaced from said upper edge, and a stud secured to the rear of said panel adapted to be inserted through said excised portion for engagement with said plate so that said stud may be slid along said ramp into abutment with said stop so that said panel is secured to said support, said support having an excised portion therein to the rear of said plate of sufficient dimension to permit said stud to be moved about in engagement with said plate.

4. Mounting means for removably securing a panel to a support-comprising aplate secured to saidsupport,- the upper portion of the plate formed with a cut-out portion comprising an inclined edge portion and a horizontal portion and having stop means mounted thereon spaced from said cut-out portion and a headed stud secured to the back of said panel engageable with said plate through said cut-out portion, said stud being slidable along, said inclined edge portion, across saidrhorizontalportion, and-into engagement with said stop means.

5; Mountingv means for removably securing a panel to a support comprising a plate secured to said support, at least a portion of said plate forming a track having an upper horizontal surface, a lower horizontal surface and an inclined connecting surface, stop means mounted on said upper horizontal surface, a bracket attached to said panel and a headed stud extending from the bracket and riding on said track.

6; Mounting means for removably securing a panel to asupport comprising a plate secured to said support, at leasta portion of said plate forming a track having an upper horizontal surface, a. lower horizontal surface and an inclined connecting surface, a bracket attached to said'paneland a headed stud extending from the bracket and riding onasa'idtrack, said plate including stop means to limit movement of said headed stud.

7. Mounting means for removably securing a plurality of display panels to a support in abutting coplanar relationship comprising a substantially horizontal cross member, a plurality of plate members secured thereto, each saidplate member having an inclined cut-away portion along its upper edge forming a trackway and a stop member on its upperedge in spaced relation to the top of the inclined portion, a plurality of panels each having at least one headed stud extending rearwardly therefrom and riding on thetrackway of a different plate member, and a plurality of elongated grooves in said horizontal cross member for receiving the headed ends of studs, each groove associated with a different one of said plate members.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 605,510 Patchett June 14, 1898 1,261,363 Crist Apr. 2, 1918 1,827,969 Calkin Oct. 20, 1931 2,088,320- De Vries July 27, 1937 2,142,469 Williamson et al. Jan. 3, 1939 2,459,658 Klein Jan. 18, 1949 2,490,690 Koch Dec. 6, 1949 2,565,845 Frederick Aug. 28, 1951 2,641,431 Tucker June 9, 1953 

